McLame Lies Like a Mutha'. Campaign Still Active Across the Country (HuffPost)

[jefferson_dem]

McCain Campaign Still Active Across The Country
September 25, 2008 03:55 PM

John McCain declared on Wednesday that he would suspend his run for the White House and return to Washington to help resolve the country's economic crisis. But while the candidate himself left the trail, the campaign itself is decidedly still open for business.

Across the country, McCain campaign offices are up and running, accepting volunteers, conducting phone banking, literature dropping and other GOTV activities. This held true on a local, state, and even regional level. The Huffington Post called up 15 McCain-Palin and McCain Victory Committee headquarters in various battleground states. Not one said that it was temporarily halting operations because of the supposed "suspension" in the campaign. Several, in fact, enthusiastically declared the continuation of their work. Others hadn't even heard that the candidate for whom they were devoting their time had officially stopped campaigning.

In Ohio, Brenda Lewis of the Greene County Victory Office seemed surprised there was any doubt that the office would be open. "Suspension of the campaign?" she asked out loud, before saying that her colleagues would be phone banking, going door to door, and could use some front desk help as well as assistance getting signs together. Similar level of activities were taking place in the state's Franklin County and Clark County offices.

In Ashland County, Ohio, a McCain worker named Ken confirmed, "We're still campaigning for him." He added, "I'm taking off in two hours. A Japanese couple will be watching the shop after, but they're very anglocized."

An official at McCain's Missouri headquarters welcomed more volunteer work. "It is not the suspension of the thing that is going on, it is a postponement," she said over the phone. "We are not shut down. Everything is still going on."

A man named David working at the Senator's office in Fairfax, Virginia, said, "We are not suspending any of our activity, not the phone banking nor the volunteering..."

The same held true in the state's Richmond and Charlottesville "victory centers."

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/25/mccain-campaign-still-act_n_129327.html

[samdogmom]

1. Hmmmm! Did he forget to tell the help that they're on hiatus right now?

What a joke of a candidate!

Will he suspend being President on those days that he's in trouble if he manages to steal the election?

[GrizzlyMan]

2. "they're very anglocized"

WTF, the guy really said that?

[FatDave]

3. "It's really amazing."

"They eat cheeseburgers and don't mix up their R's and L's or anything! They're just like real Americans."

[TheDonkey]

4. what he has done is just give himself an "out" for being questioned by reporters

as well as Falin.

[FatDave]

5. Their campaign workers didn't know the campaign was "suspended"?

Seriously? I thought republicans were good with message discipline. Jesus fuck, these clowns are in serious disarray.

[Jersey Devil]

6. Likely explanation: He didn't REALLY suspend his campaign, just offered

to suspend if Obama also suspended his campaign.

:shrug: